News - Feb 2004

Feb 27 2004 - The 408 CCC lab image will be updated to integrate new class/instructional software and update accessibility applications. The update process monopolizes network bandwidth - user applications won't run. The lab will be closed from 1:00pm until late afternoon/early evening (i.e., until the task is complete).

Please re-locate to another ACCC Lab at this time: SEL, BSB, CCC401, SRC, LIB or SSB.

Check lab availability at: http://www.accc.uic.edu/pclabs

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

LAN/Small Systems ACCC Academic Computing and Communications Center consult@uic.edu, 3-0003, http://www.accc.uic.edu

Feb 25 2004 - The MSR lab image will be updated to integrate new class/instructional software and update accessibility applications. The update process monopolizes network bandwidth - user applications won't run. The lab will be closed until mid- to late afternoon (i.e., until the task is complete).

Please re-locate to another ACCC Lab at this time: SEL, BSB, CCC401 or 408, LIB or SSB.

Check lab availability at: http://www.accc.uic.edu/pclabs

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

LAN/Small Systems ACCC Academic Computing and Communications Center consult@uic.edu, 3-0003, http://www.accc.uic.edu

Feb 20 2004 - mailserv will be down for maintenance from 1:00 to 03:00 Friday February 20. Users of Webmail and Eudora who have their mailbox located on mailserv will not be able to access their mail but mail directed to people on mailserv will be queued so none will be lost.

Feb 20 2004 - The SRC lab image will be updated to integrate new class/instructional software and update accessibility applications. The update process monopolizes network bandwidth - user applications won't run. The lab will be closed until late afternoon/early evening (i.e., until the task is complete).

Please re-locate to another ACCC Lab at this time: BSB, CCC401, CCC408, LIB, SEL or SSB.

Check lab availability at: http://www.accc.uic.edu/pclabs

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

LAN/Small Systems ACCC Academic Computing and Communications Center consult@uic.edu, 3-0003, http://www.accc.uic.edu

Feb 15 2004 - Borg will be turned off on February 15th and will not be powered back up.

Feb 14 2004 - Tigger crashed at about 6pm Friday 2/13. It appears that the "email inbox" filesystem had become corrupted. We rebooted the system and ran a filesystem repair tool, which recovered almost all of the email inboxes. However, some inboxes that were being updated at the moment of failure may have been damaged.

If your inbox is on tigger and you believe you are missing some mail that had been there prior to 6pm Friday, please send a detailed problem report to systems@uic.edu. We may be able to recover some messages from backups made late Thursday and early Friday.

Feb 12 2004 - mailserv will be down for maintenance from 00:30 to 03:00 Thursday February 12. Users of Webmail and Eudora who have their mailbox located on mailserv will not be able to access their mail but mail directed to people on mailserv will be queued so none will be lost.

Feb 12 2004 - SSB Lab Closed Friday, 2/13, 1:00 For Lab Update

The lab image will be updated to integrate new class/instructional software and update accessibility applications. The update process monopolizes network bandwidth user applications wont run. The lab will be closed for the remainder of the day, until the task is complete.

Please re-locate to another ACCC Lab at this time: BSB, CCC401, CCC408, LIB, SEL or SRC

Check lab availability at: http://www.accc.uic.edu/pclabs

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

LAN/Small Systems ACCC Academic Computing and Communications Center consult@uic.edu, 3-0003 www.accc.uic.edu

Feb 09 2004 - Students were the victims of two separate armed robberies this weekend in the 800 block of South Leavitt.

Just after 4 a.m. Saturday, two offenders in a car approached a student and asked for directions. One exited the vehicle and brandished a screwdriver, demanded money, and punched the victim, who was not seriously injured, in the face. Both offenders escaped in the vehicle with a small amount of cash. They were described as male blacks; one was 20-25 years old, 5 foot 10 or 11 inches tall, with brown eyes and dark complexion, wearing a dark blue knit cap and dark tan canvas jacket.

In the second incident, just before 3 a.m. Sunday, two students were confronted by two offenders as they were entering their building. One offender displayed a handgun and demanded money and belongings. The two offenders escaped with a small amount of cash and a cell phone in a waiting car with two other presumed accomplices. The first offender was described as a male black 22-27 years old, 6 feet 1 inch, 180-190 pounds wearing a black skull cap, dark hooded sweatshirt and dark puffy jacket. The other offender was a male black, 15-19 years old and 5 feet 11 inches tall.

Anyone with information is asked to call Chicago Police Area 4 detectives at (312) 746-8253 or the UIC Police at (312) 996-2830.

UIC Police remind members of the community of some safety tips:
--be aware of your surroundings
--try to travel in groups after dark
--use well-lit walkways
--on campus, look for the location of the nearest emergency call box (there are more than 700 across campus)
--the emergency number for UIC Police is 996-HELP (4357).